The play ground

[Stuart]

Well done!

Stuart

[Daniel]

This idea was also thrown upon my head those days.

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No, it is not for the toilette...

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The stroke below in the image above had a bad alignement due to lack of proper attention. The upper one was done second...

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The above cutting is done in 0,5mm styrene.

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Next is 'Çraft card' something more popular in the U.S. than here where one must go to specialized paper shops to find it. Hobby shops don't have it.

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These weren't cut at once because i wanted to see if i was getting enough control in the process to trust it for real work...

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... and i was delighted with the result!

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I decided to give the device an adjustable stop...

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... so to ensure the distance between the windos would be exact...

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I made one with a rest of brass angle...

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Djusting the register you can make bigger holes in two or more steps but.

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This was an a lot better stop...

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The underside nut for adjusting the sliding register...

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Such cutting tools are cheap but differ in quality.
They come in many, many sizes and cuting shapes.
Probably they are all made in China but the three sizes i bought from this range are good enough for me and low priced... yet!

Daniel


Dis you say building's 'windows'?
Yes, that is why the last double row

[Daniel]

Well done!

Stuart

Thank you again, Stuart!
Great to know you find it good enough to pay attention!

Daniel

[Daniel]

Making acceptable roof braces for coaches and other vehicles by hand was for me doable until my eyes started voting for the oposition a decade or so ago.
Then i started to seek alternative tri cks as cutting sectors from rings cut grom PVA or other material pipes but i wanted an a bit more precise method. Here the story in images:

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Yes, again the Proxxon MP-400.

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[Daniel]

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Yes, every now and then one went wrong...

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... but it works.

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Daniel

[Ray Dunakin]

Wow, so much great stuff here! I especially like your method of making the sides of the passenger car. Very clever!

[Daniel]

Thank you Ray.

You probably don't know me yet but i have been silently enjoying and sharing your work and your delightful photography collection on Nevada's mining for years. So it is an honour to read your comment.

I am slowly visiting member's work threads and soon i will reach your work again.

Daniel

[Daniel]

This is an a bit more complex project to explain but i hope the images will better than my blah-blah. Still, if someone want to ask, whatever, i'll be pleased to answer.

I built this first version about a decade ago and it is still working perfectly.
(I am considering a more versatile version but that will come when it comes.)

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That was a lucky chopping of an old Cannon scanner.

The long steel rod is 8mm diameter and was cut to fit, drilled to take removable punches...

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The composed wood work was no more than lack of more wood but has done a lot of work and is still as new...

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More in next message because i don't know how many photos is possible in une.

[Daniel]

The cross table is the usual Proxxon but i've seen there are now some much cheaper made in China.
I don't dare to suggest them because i have learned how variable is the quality of China stuff but have heard some good comments about.

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The punches were made some from 6mm brass for the body and steel rod for the punches self but others were made by epoxying togueter pieces of telescopic brass tube because i had no more rod and my wallet was already crying.But all that worked also great through the years...

But i noticed more was possible.

Probably the most important thing was the idea of using selfhealing mat for all work instead of specific dies(it was an iidea of my wallet.)


... and it works fine even rivetting 0,5mm brass...

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But then more ideas started to apear...

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More in next message.

[Daniel]

I noticed there was some side play so added two wooden supports that are now useful for tool storage as you'll see later.

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... and ideas kept coming ...

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I built later the device in the last drawings but by then i was interested in making a tool that could emboss and may be also cut hexagonal bolt heads.

The mayour problem was to ensure the alignment between the hexagonal punches (made from pieces of Allen keys and the dies: little set screws. The solution came too:

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I need a pause so more later.

Daniel

[Daniel]

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The styrene profile in the above photo is not as sharp as the Evergreen one and the material is thicker so for Evergreen i made another jig. But the idea is clear now, i hope

So far was clear that i would be mak8ing many more jigs so prepared a number of wooden strips to fit the groves of the Proxxon crosstable...

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WARNING!
i have read somewhere than cutting, sanding or milling the selfhealing mats may be dangeours for the health so i ensure i do it with the mask on, gloves and with the vacuum working. I did got cancer but that was a couple of years before, not by then or later.

I had three types of selfhealing mats. Experience told me the cheapest, harder types are the best ones for this purpose.

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Back to the sector plate for certain jobs is important to hold it at an specific angle. The simplest solution works great:

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The cutting tool was made with a piece of the same seel rod from the scanner. The blade is a standard one from the plastic circle cutters...

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The tiny lip at the right in the photo is important to sup[port the blade in position...

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The sector plate is used for both, cutting and riveting...

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Through the years i have had plenty of good moments with the riveter & Co. but i have also learned several things may be improved, often a lot and found out more applications to be prepared. That is the reason whay i want to make a new one but there will be a little basic difference this time:

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... and this crosstable is 460mm long X 240mm wide, almost as heavy as i (...) and came with a very heavy steel column 55mm diameter and the double moving head too.
I bought it years ago draming to make a milling machine from it but that never happenned so thimngs must get their new chances too. It is from Woolcraft, old German made so it will be a nice party...

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Daniel

[finescalerr]

What a massive undertaking! -- Russ

[Stuart]

I have discovered that sometimes it takes as much or even more effort and time to create the tool for a particular procedure than it does to make the part the tool was designed to produce.  But then, that's all part of the modeling fun, right?

Stuart

[Daniel]

What a massive undertaking! -- Russ

Well, yes, Russ.
The crosstable will be part of a much more versatile 'system' than the first riveter.
I want to make also a removable bridge across the 240mm with aprecision rail so a Proxxon milling motor can be pushed & pulled along. That way i hope to be able to make acceptable scribed panels (wood, styrene, MDF or whatever)and other simple milling jobs without needing to rest on laser nor CAD.
It will also, eventually,provide some support if my eyes decide it's time for a bigger scale.

You may be noticing, my mayor interest is not to have a collection of models but to enjoy the making finding affordable and, for my limited skills & wallet, doable ways to get things done.
So far i have sold several portable layouts built until 2010 but since then, my best works, use to end up being dismantled for recycling 'strategic' components as laser cut doors, windows and other things, 3D printed stuff and the such or go to charity. The point is above all i hate not to have room for new projects, not to have paper for new drawings as much as not having materials or tools.

Daniel

[Daniel]

Now a pause in the tools & methods thing and a bit of real modeling.

The little house with the barrel tiles roof you have seen is still waiting for the definitive surrounding trees but i have found images with the 'traveling tree brigade'(jumping from diorama to the layuout and then to another diorama just to check and learn about posibilities but never fastened to the groun yet) posing for the camera some time ago so here come the trees (and later the how to).
Also about the rest of the greenery, of course.


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This is the architect leading the works at the bridge...

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More later.

Daniel